Device fob stbaightening bent ob ibbegttlab axle-housings



D. CAMP.

DEVICE FbR SIRAJGHTEMNG BENT'OR IRREGULAR AXLE HOUSINGS.

'Arrucmou men MAR. 12. 1919.

Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

DAVID CAMP, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR STBAIGHTENING BENT 0B IRREGULAR AZLE-HOUSINGS.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

.Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

Application am March 12, 1919. Serial No. 282,107.

. secured to a straight or regular part of said housing, and a memberadapted to be engaged with the bent portion of the housing, and meansfor operating said member to exert a pull or draft on said portion so asto restore it to proper shape.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing,but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it isto be understood that the invention is not limited to the specificdetails shown and described, as long as they are within the spirit orscope of the claim.

Figure 1 represents a partial side elevation and a partial section of adevice for straightening axle housings embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 represents a 2--2 Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 represents a section thereof on line section thereof on line 3-3Fig. 1.

- a sight gage employed with the device.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

' Referring to the drawin 1 designates the bent or irregular portion ofan axle housing. 2 designates a horizontally-extending beam havingtherein the vertically-extendmg opening 3 and in its upper edge is therecess 4 and having thereon the leg 5 which latter depends from theunderside of said beam.

6 designates a yoke which is adapted to embrace the straight or regularportion of clevis, the latter being said housing, the upper ends of itsside or limbs being provided with eyes '7 which are mounted on the bolt8, thus supporting sald yoke. 9 designates a clevis of invertedU-shapehaving on the lower ends of its side limbs the eyes 10 in whichare received the bolt 8 thus supporting said yoke from said adapted toembrace the beam2 and having its crown 11 seated on the recess 4-. ofsaid beam, thus retaining the clevis on said beam, while the yoke as isevident depends from the beam and is connected therewith. Owing to themechanism of the housing and of that below the same, the vehicle beingevidently .as illustrated in Fig. 1 that of an auto, it would beimpossible to apply the yoke and clevis in position unless made as abovestated, hence said clevis and yoke are made separate and so the yoke isfitted over the housing and said clevis is suspended from the beam 2.Then the'eyes 7 and 10 are in register and so the bolt '8 is passedthrough said eyes whereby the clevis and yoke are connected and so theyretain their positions.

When the device is to be removed the bolt 8 is driven out of the eyesand so the clevis and yoke are dismembered when they can be slippedfromthe housing and beam when the other members may be dismembered andremoved.

12 desi ates a ring which is adapted to embrace t e bent portion 1 ofthe housing, it being formed on the lower end of the shank 13 whoseupper end is threaded and passed upwardly through the opening 3 of thebeam, said end having fitted thereon the nut 14 which is seated on thewasher 15, the latter resting on the upper side of the beam, the nutbeing readily accessible above the beam where it may be rotated and soraise the ring 12, as will be hereinafter further explained, it beingseen that the ring 12 is suspended from the beam 2 on the outer end ofthe latter, and so opposite to the clevis 6.

The operation is as follows The yoke 6 is placed around a straight orregular portion of the housing, and the leg 5 fitted on the upper sideof said portion adjacent to said yoke, thus supporting the beam steadilyin adjusted position on said portion and connecting the beam with thelatter preventing the beam from rising at the clevis end and fromlowering at the leg end, and so the beam remains immov- The nut 14, intightening, imparts an axial' motion to the beam owing to the leg 5serving as a fulcrum, so a slight rocking motion will be imparted to theclevis 9, and this will turn on the bolt 8, avoiding shifting of theyoke 6 on the straight part of the housing.

In order to examine the bent portion of the housing, the interior of thesame is looked through. To assist this operation I employ the head 16which hascentered in it the tubular barrel 17 as an eye piece, said headbeing screwed to the outer end of the bent portion 1, and said barrelentering the latter. 4

On the end of the straight or regular portion of the housing I place'what I term the centering sight gage 18, this consisting of an elbow,the vertical limb 19 of which may be bridged centrally across the boreof said portion, while the horizontal limb 20 is rested on said portion,the elbow being provided with the handle 21.

Now the human eye is placed at the outer end of the barrel and thelatter looked through, as is also the bore of the housing when if thegage appears to the eye, centered at the opposite end of the houslng itproves that the bent portion of the housing is mechanically straight,but if not, the nut 14 is further operated to eflect the completestraightening of the portion of the housing in question. l

It is to be noted that the leg 5 is rigid with the beam in closeproximity to the end of the shank 13, making the rest of the beam up tothe clevis a long leverage for working the shank and ring.

When the bolt 8 is withdrawn the yoke is disconnected from the clevisand consequently from the housing and the beam. The nut is unscrewed andthe ring released from its clamping action on the axle housing, and theleg 5 is removed from the latter, the device thus being displaced fromthe housing.

The device will be found serviceable for :giaightening the housings offloat and other I claim In a device forstralghtening bent or 1rregularportions of axle housings, a beam shank extended upwardly through theopening in the beam, and means on said shank engaging the upper face ofthe beam and adapted to draw said shank toward the beam.

DAVID CAMP.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsnmM, N. Bussmenn.

